2 men gas themselves to death in hotel, guests and workers forced to flee

FUNABASHI, Chiba -- Two men apparently gassed themselves to death by producing toxic hydrogen sulfide in a hotel room, forcing 16 other guests and employees to flee, police said.

At around 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday, an employee at the Sun White hotel in Funabashi called for an ambulance saying that a room where two guests were staying was giving off a smell like rotten eggs. Paramedics found the two men dead in the bathroom of the room.

Local police suspect that the two men were aged between 30 and 40 and killed themselves by generating deadly hydrogen sulfide. Officers are trying to identify them.

Following the incident, a female employee of the hotel complained of a headache and received treatment.

(Mainichi Japan) May 15, 2008